The Farmer's Magazine

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Rogerson and Tuxford, 1846

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Page 166 - DARWIN'S (CHARLES) Journal of Researches into the Natural History of the Countries visited during a Voyage round the World. Post Svo.
Page 230 - Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction ; (that is to say,) Words importing the Singular Number shall include the Plural Number, and Words importing the Plural Number shall include the Singular Number : Words importing the Masculine Gender only shall include Female : The Word " Month " shall include Calendar Month : The Word "Person...
Page 214 - ... in need of repair, the only question upon which the parishioners, when convened together to make a rate, can by law deliberate and determine is, not whether they will repair the church or not (for upon that point they are concluded by the law), but how, and in what manner, the common law obligation, so binding them, may be best and most effectually, and at the same time most conveniently and fairly between themselves, performed and carried into effect.
Page 338 - ... aggregate average prices of British corn at the time of the entry for home consumption of any corn, grain, meal, or flour chargeable with any such duty, as such aggregate average prices shall appear and be stated in the last of such certificates as aforesaid, which shall have been received...
Page 230 - And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present session of parliament.
Page 214 - ... are compellable to perform ; not a mere voluntary act, which they may perform or decline, at their own discretion; that the law is imperative upon them, absolutely, that they do repair the church, not binding on them in a qualified limited manner only, that they may repair or not, as they think fit ; and that, where it so happens that the fabric of the church stands in need of repair, the only question upon which the parishioners, when convened together to make a rate, can by law deliberate and...
Page 40 - Let us, then, unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people.
Page 453 - And dainties a great store o' them! May peace and plenty be his lot, Unstained by ony vicious spot, And may he never want a groat, That's fond o' Tullochgorum ! But for the discontented fool, Wha wants to be oppression's tool, May envy gnaw his rotten soul, And discontent devour him ! May dule and sorrow be his chance, Dule and sorrow, dule and sorrow, Dule and sorrow be his chance, And nane say ' Wae's me for him ! ' May dule and sorrow be his chance, And a...
Page 213 - ... valid or not; or how far such case may be analogous to that of the members of a corporation aggregate, who, being assembled together for the purpose of choosing an officer of the corporation, the majority protest against, and refuse altogether to proceed to, any election ; in which case they have been held to throw away their votes, and the minority, who have performed their duty by voting, have been held to represent the whole number.
Page 212 - That all compulsory payments for the support of religious services of any sect or people appear to the majority of this vestry to be unsanctioned by any portion of the New Testament Scriptures, and altogether opposed to and subversive of the pure and spiritual character of the religion of Christ...

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